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  Mr. 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell— 
  Descriptions 
  and 
  

  

  Epeolus 
  peregrinus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  r? 
  • 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  expanse 
  about 
  14. 
  

  

  Black, 
  including 
  legs 
  and 
  antennae, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  scape 
  

   has 
  a 
  red 
  spot 
  at 
  extreme 
  base; 
  pubescent 
  markings 
  Avhite 
  ; 
  

   apical 
  half 
  of 
  mandibles 
  dark 
  reddish; 
  labrum 
  coarsely 
  

   rngoso-punctate, 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  little 
  tubercles 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  

   part 
  ; 
  eyes 
  pale 
  grey, 
  orbits 
  strongly 
  converging 
  below 
  ; 
  face, 
  

   except 
  lower 
  margin 
  of 
  clypeus, 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  third 
  antennal 
  joint 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  fourth, 
  but 
  not 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  fourth 
  and 
  lifth 
  together 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  vertex 
  shining, 
  

   with 
  very 
  large 
  punctures 
  ; 
  occipital 
  margin 
  sharp 
  ; 
  cheeks 
  

   covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair; 
  white 
  hair 
  on 
  upper 
  border 
  of 
  

   prothorax 
  interrupted 
  in 
  middle, 
  the 
  interval 
  finely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  scutellum 
  shining, 
  with 
  large 
  irre- 
  

   gular 
  punctures 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  short, 
  broad, 
  

   greyish-white 
  hair-bands 
  anteriorly, 
  one 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  on 
  each 
  

   margin 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  tegulse, 
  and 
  a 
  spot 
  at 
  each 
  posterior 
  

   corner; 
  scutellum 
  projecting 
  but 
  obtuse, 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  

   median 
  depression 
  ; 
  axillar 
  teeth 
  thick, 
  well-developed 
  ; 
  

   mesopleura 
  and 
  mesosternum 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hair, 
  but 
  a 
  dusky 
  band 
  extends 
  obliquely 
  upwards 
  and 
  

   forwards 
  from 
  middle 
  coxse 
  halfway 
  across 
  pleura, 
  and 
  

   ventrally 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  tegula3 
  

   black, 
  punctured, 
  the 
  margin 
  slightly 
  reddish. 
  Wings 
  

   strongly 
  smoky, 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  very 
  dark 
  rufo-piceous 
  ; 
  

   marginal 
  cell 
  very 
  obtuse 
  at 
  end, 
  not 
  appendiculate 
  ; 
  second 
  

   s.m. 
  narrowed 
  almost 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  above, 
  very 
  broad 
  below, 
  

   receiving 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  far 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle. 
  Tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  

   with 
  white 
  hair 
  on 
  outer 
  side, 
  tarsi 
  with 
  ferruginous 
  on 
  

   inner 
  ; 
  spurs 
  dark. 
  First 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  broadly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  at 
  sides, 
  the 
  inner 
  excavation 
  broad 
  

   and 
  rounded, 
  ending 
  posteriorly 
  in 
  a 
  point, 
  where 
  the 
  apical 
  

   band 
  ends 
  obliquely, 
  being 
  as 
  widely 
  interrupted 
  on 
  the 
  

   margin 
  as 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  black 
  area; 
  second 
  

   segment 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  broad 
  band 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  having 
  a 
  large 
  

   anterior 
  lobe 
  laterally, 
  the 
  band 
  squarely 
  interrupted, 
  the 
  

   interval 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  either 
  lateral 
  section 
  ; 
  remaining 
  

   segments 
  with 
  large 
  subdorsal 
  spots, 
  the 
  third 
  also 
  with 
  

   lateral 
  spots 
  ; 
  first 
  ventral 
  segment 
  with 
  sharp 
  ridges 
  forming 
  

   a 
  sort 
  of 
  very 
  broad 
  Y 
  ; 
  fourth 
  with 
  a 
  fringe 
  of 
  black 
  curled 
  

   hairs 
  (" 
  Wimrerhaare 
  " 
  of'Friese). 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Nasik, 
  N.W. 
  India, 
  Sept. 
  28, 
  1908 
  {N. 
  B. 
  K.). 
  

   British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Nurse 
  records 
  E. 
  pictus 
  (Nyl.) 
  from 
  Quetta; 
  otherwise 
  

   the 
  genus 
  is 
  new 
  to 
  India. 
  

  

  